bumb version string; change python 2.4 to 2.6 dependency

Author: jdh2358

INSTALL

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Next, we need to get matplotlib installed.  We provide prebuilt
 binaries for OS X and Windows on the matplotlib `download
 <http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/files/>`_ page.  Click on
 the latest release of the "matplotlib" package, choose your python
-version (e.g., 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7) and your platform (macosx or win32).
+version (e.g., 2.6 or 2.7) and your platform (macosx or win32).
 If you have any problems, please check the :ref:`installing-faq`,
 search using Google, and/or post a question to the `mailing list
 <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80706>`_.
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ libraries themselves.
     This does not build matplotlib, but it does get the install the
     build dependencies, which will make building from source easier.
 
-:term:`python` 2.4 (or later but not python3)
-    matplotlib requires python 2.4 or later (`download <http://www.python.org/download/>`__)
+:term:`python` 2.6 (or later but not python3)
+    matplotlib requires python 2.6 or later (`download <http://www.python.org/download/>`__)
 
 :term:`numpy` 1.1 (or later)
     array support for python (`download

doc/devel/coding_guide.rst

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ in mind.
   and consider posting to `matplotlib-devel
   <http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/matplotlib-devel>`_
 
-* Are your changes python2.4 compatible?  We still support 2.4, so
-  avoid features new to 2.5
+* Are your changes python2.6 compatible?  We support python2.6 and later
 
 * Can you pass :file:`examples/tests/backend_driver.py`?  This is our
   poor man's unit test.

doc/users/whats_new.rst

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This page just covers the highlights -- for the full story, see the
 
 .. note::
    Matplotlib version 1.1 is the last major release compatible with Python
-   versions 2.4 to 2.7.  The next major release will support
+   versions 2.4 to 2.7.  matplotlib 1.2 and later require
    versions 2.6, 2.7, and 3.1 and higher.
 
 .. _whats-new-1-1:

lib/matplotlib/__init__.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import generators
 
-__version__  = '1.1.x'
+__version__  = '1.2.x'
 
 import os, re, shutil, subprocess, sys, warnings
 import distutils.sysconfig

setup.py

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 import sys
 major, minor1, minor2, s, tmp = sys.version_info
 
-if major==2 and minor1<4 or major<2:
-    raise SystemExit("""matplotlib requires Python 2.4 or later.""")
+if major==2 and minor1<6 or major<2:
+    raise SystemExit("""matplotlib requires Python 2.6 or later.""")
 
 import glob
 from distutils.core import setup